canot

French

Etymology

From Middle French canot (“little boat”, also “dugout”), partly continuing (in diminutive form) Old French cane (“boat, ship”), from Middle Low German kane (“boat”), from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-West Germanic *kanō, from Proto-Germanic *kanô (“boat, vessel”) (compare German Kahn (“boat”)); and partly from an alteration of Middle French canoe (“dugout made from the trunk of a tree”), from Spanish canoa (“dugout canoe”). More at canard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.no/

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Noun

canot m (plural canots)

1. dinghy (small boat)
2. (Quebec) canoe

   Synonym: canoë

Derived terms

• canot de sauvetage
• (canoe): canot-camping
• canoter
• canotable
• canotage
• canot automobile

Descendants

• → Greek: κανό (kanó)
• → Turkish: kano

Further reading

• “canot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• conta, tacon

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1599, either from cane +‎ -ot or as an alteration of canoe (modern French canoë), or a combination of both. See above.

Noun

canot m (plural canots)

1. small boat made from a tree trunk